Andy's Kitchen and On the Road in the Americas
Andy Kershaw introduces his own cassette recordings of music from his travels in the USA and the Caribbean during the 1980s.
During the 1980s and 90s, DJ Andy Kershaw travelled around Africa and the Americas searching out great music and taping it on his Walkman Pro, a new broadcast-quality cassette recorder that was bringing about a revolution in mobile recording. He also used it to capture his celebrated Kitchen Sessions, held in his small flat in Crouch End. In the second of four features, Andy delves into his boxes of cassettes and brings us music from his journeys in the USA and the Caribbean, including his visit to Cajun country, a session with the Jolly Boys in Jamaica, his encounter with street singer Ted Hawkins in Los Angeles, and his interview with Trinidadian calypso legend The Roaring Lion. Plus Kitchen Sessions with Cuban singer Celina Gonzales and SE Rogie from Sierra Leone (first broadcast in 2020)
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Music Played
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Rebirth Brass Band
Do you Wanna (New Orleans, May 1989)
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Ted Hawkins
91Èȱ¬ Daddy (Los Angeles, April 1986 )
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Ted Hawkins
Cold and Bitter Tears (Los Angeles, April 1986 )
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Celina González
El Carretero (London, September 1996 )
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Roaring Lion
Right here in Trinidad (Trinidad, June 1990)
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Roaring Lion
Ha'penny Rice (Trinidad, June 1990)
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Marc & Ann Savoy
The Pretty One (Louisiana, April 1988)
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Marc & Ann Savoy
The Kaplan Waltz (Louisiana, April 1988)
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Sooliman Ernest Rogie
Let's offer up our hearts to each other (London, March 1988)
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The Jolly Boys
Water come down (Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 1990)
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The Jolly Boys
Tenement Yard (Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 1990)
Broadcasts
- Sun 27 Sep 2020 18:4591Èȱ¬ Radio 3
- Tue 16 Aug 2022 22:0091Èȱ¬ Radio 3
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